The DocuMentor

Doc is on a mission to help rid your organization of every last trace of document management ignorance and make sure that the future of the digital office finds a home in your business.

Doc

<p>ZDNet introduces Doc (The DocuMentor), sponsored by RICOH. Through his blog, Doc will educate you about Document Management. So who is Doc? Doc is something of an enigma. He was born to a Russian ballerina and a German electrical engineer who some believe was running covert operations for shadowy corporate interests. Doc grew up in various locations in the United States, although no one seems to know precisely where, least of all Doc. His early schooling was unremarkable except for the time he was caught trying to replace all the mimeograph machines with high-tech color copiers that had mysteriously disappeared from a shipment to Albania. At MIT, he made a name for himself by transforming a large printer into a robot that hunts and eats Roombas.
Professionally, he reportedly has seen the insides of more brands, versions, and generations of printer and printer-related hardware than almost anyone. Some say his obsession with paper, printing, and mechanical movement was either started by, or evidenced by, a traumatic childhood episode when he crawled inside an old Xerox 2400 and tried to print himself.</p>
<p>Anyway, Doc has hands on experience with stuff like printer maintenance and fleet management, but his mastery of document management leaves no stone unturned. Important issues like sustainability, security, and regulatory compliance are top of mind for Doc, as are other business technology needs like networking and IT services, making him a true blue IT renaissance man. </p>

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Publisher's refer to shifting from print to digital as the process of moving from a physical print edition to a digital one.But printers often refer to the shift of print to digital as the process of moving away from offset (and other traditional forms) of printing to the use of toner-based or inkjet "digital" printing methods.

Digital printing is meant for short turnaround jobs with more accurate counts and less wastage for not having to balance ink and water during the press run. While the unit cost of each piece may be higher than offset printing, when setup costs are included, digital printing provides lower per unit cost for very small print runs.

Immediately after installation, the InfoPrint 5000 provided cost-savings for BR. Previously, the company was outsourcing most color jobs and utilizing in-house cutsheet printers for its monochrome jobs. By replacing these models with the InfoPrint 5000, thereby eliminating the need for outsourcing, the company was able to realize bottom line increases.

The release of SiteAudit v5.0 provides MPS providers with an integrated assessment report that utilizes key performance indicators (KPIs) built into SiteAudit software. The integration means a separate audit tool is not required.

Traditionally, multiple choice tests required either the purchase of a dedicated scanning system, or a large investment in time on the part of the teachers who are giving the exam. Dedicated scanning systems are an expensive investment. Now, rather than purchasing a dedicated scanner, schools can purchase Remark Office OMR, which will take the scanned images of a batch of tests and quickly and accurately convert these images into data.

The last few years have seen a number of breakthroughs with inkjet quickly becoming a competitor to toner-based and even offset printers in the commercial space. So, at the big German print industry show DRUPA next year, there is quite a bit of speculation that inkjet will be the big thing.

The ability to redirect print jobs from bad printers to good ones is functionality every MPS provider has wanted for years. If implemented successfully it should substantially enhance MPS profit margins and lower customers' costs

Nuance recently announced it ranked number one in the worldwide document capture software market in a new study from the market research firm Harvey Spencer Associates (HSA) – placing Nuance as the global top scanning and capture software vendor for the second consecutive year.

Doc never realized so much forest land is privately owned, and learned a lot by visiting the NAFO website. Of course, it's an industry group so you have to balance the information there, but much of the data comes from third-party sources.